Deuteronomy 21:16:8Deut.21.16.W8TAB
לֹ֣א
lo
“not”
- Transliteration
- LO
- Extended
- LOH
- IPA
- /loː/
Meaning by language
- English
- not
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
LO
- phraseyour reading level
LO yu-KHAL
- clause
LO yu-KHAL le-va-KER ET-ben-ha-a-hu-VAH al-pe-NEI ben-ha-se-nu-AH ha-be-KHOR
- sentence
ve-ha-YA be-YOM han-KHI-lo ET-ba-NAV ET a-SHER-ye-HYEH LO LO yu-KHAL le-va-KER ET-ben-ha-a-hu-VAH al-pe-NEI ben-ha-se-nu-AH ha-be-KHOR
Exegesis
The prohibition introduced by lo yukhal levakker {לֹא יוּכַל לְבַכֵּר | lō yū-ḵal lə-va-ḵēr} denies the action “to treat as firstborn,” with et-ben-ha-ahuvah and ben-ha-s'nuah marking contrastive construct chains that highlight the legal distinction between the two maternal lines.
In context — Deuteronomy 21:16
And it shall be on the day that he causes his sons to inherit what belongs to him, he shall not be able to treat as firstborn the son of his beloved wife in preference to the son of his unloved wife, the firstborn.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:16:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Deuteronomy 21:16, so the Hebrew word לֹ֣א (lo) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Deut.21.16.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.16.W8.S1) and character.